O, Were I Loved As I Desire To Be!
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
O, were I loved as I desire to be!
What is there in the great sphere of the earth,
Or range of evil between death and birth,
That I should fear, - if I were loved by thee!
All the inner, all the outer world of pain,
Clear love would pierce and cleave, if thou wert mine;
As I have heard that somewhere in the main
Fresh-water springs come up through bitter brine.
'I were joy, not fear, clasped hand in hand with thee,
To wait for death - mute - careless of all ills,
Apart upon a mountain, though the surge
Of some new deluge from a thousand hills
Flung leagues of roaring foam into the gorge
Below us, as far on as eye could see.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 129 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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